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Prospectus  6?/Teachers'  Courses 
m  the  Household  Arts  and  Eve- 
ning Courses  in  Mechanical  Arts 
for  Men,  to  be  given  at  the  Cali- 
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By  Provision  o//^^  Miranda  W.  Lux  Endowment 


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San  Francisco,  California 
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PROSPECTUS 


The  late  Miranda  W.  Lux,  by  her  last  will  and  testament,  set 
apart  a  portion  of  her  estate  to  be  held  in  trust  for  "The  promo- 
tion of  schools  for  manual  training,  industrial  training  and  for 
teaching  trades  to  young  people  of  both  sexes,  in  the  State  of 
California,  and  particularly  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Fran- 
cisco ;  .  .  .  "  The  trustees  of  this  fund  have  entered  into  an 
arrangement  with  the  trustees  of  the  California  School  of 
Mechanical  Arts,  whereby  the  organization  and  equipments  of 
the  latter  institution  may  be  used  for  carrying  on  two  projects 
of  industrial  education,  the  funds  therefor  being  provided  from 
the  Lux  Endowment. 

1.  Prospective  teachers  of  domestic  branches  will  be  allowed 
to  enroll  in  any  of  the  courses  heretofore  offered  in  the  California 
School  of  Mechanical  Arts,  and  certain  new  courses  of  domestic 
instruction  will  be  added  for  the  same  purpose. 

2.  Evening  instruction  will  be  offered  in  the  shops  of  the 
California  School  of  Mechanical  Arts  for  men  who  are  engaged 
in  mechanical  trades  during  the  daytime. 

The  development  of  industrial  education  in  California  is  re- 
tarded at  the  present  time  by  the  lack  of  adequate  opportunities 
for  the  training  of  teachers  of  household  and  mechanical  branches. 
While  neither  of  the  projects  herein  announced  is  intended  to  com- 
prehend all  the  functions  of  a  so-called  normal  school,  nevertheless 
it  is  expected  that  they  will  serve  a  most  useful  purpose  in  open- 
ing the  way   for   those   who   may  wish   to   enter   the   field   of 

industrial  education  as  teachers. 

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The  evening  courses  for  men,  however,  are  not  intended 
primarily  for  the  preparation  of  teachers,  the  main  idea  in  this 
instance  being  to  find  out  how  far  it  is  possible  to  overcome  the 
shortcomings  of  modern  shop  conditions  in  the  training  of 
American  mechanics  by  supplementing  the  daily  work  of  the 
latter  by  evening  instruction.     The  evening  work,  furthermore, 


will  05  rtiainly  shop  instruction,  with  a  view  of  affording  each 
mah  an  opportunity  to  perfect  himself  in  the  use  of  such  tools 
and  appliances  as  he  may  not  have  had  access  to  under  the 
specialized  conditions  of  his  daily  work.  There  will  be  evening 
classes  in  applied  mathematics  and  science  and  in  drawing,  but 
the  instruction  in  these  lines  will  be  purely  supplementary  and 
will  be  limited  to  what  each  individual  may  feel  that  he  needs 
for  an  intelligent  understanding  of  his  trade. 

Requirements  for  admission  and  details  of  the  courses  are 
explained  more  fully  in  the  following  pages. 

DOMESTIC  COURSES  FOR  TEACHERS. 

Except  in  the  larger  city  schools  teachers  of  domestic  branches 
are  generally  called  upon  to  handle  more  than  one  subject.  For 
that  reason  those  who  enroll  for  this  work  are  advised  to  fortify 
themselves  against  future  demands  by  including  in  their  pro- 
grams of  studies  a  consistent  group  of  courses  representing  a 
fairly  wide  range.    Those  available  are : 

1.  Plain  sewing,  dressmaking,  millinery. 

2.  Textiles  and  fabrics;   weaving. 

3.  Cooking,  marketing. 

4.  Domestic  science,  hygiene. 

5.  Planning,  heating,  ventilating,  and  sanitation  of  the  home. 

6.  Furnishing,  decorating  and  beautifying  the  home. 

7.  Home  gardening. 

8.  Freehand  drawing. 

9.  Chemistry. 

10.     General  science. 

A  knowledge  of  chemistry  being  essential  to  an  understanding 
of  many  applications  of  science  in  the  home,  that  study  should 
be  regarded  as  an  essential  in  connection  with  the  cooking  and 
•domestic  science  courses.  Those  who  have  not  studied  the  other 
ordinary  high-school  sciences  will  also  find  it  an  advantage  to  in- 
clude in  their  programs  the  subject  of  "general  science/'  which 
takes  up  many  principles  of  electricity,  heat,  molecular,  physics, 
radiant  energy  and  other  things  of  importance  in  domestic 
economy.  Likewise,  freehand  drawing  is  essential  in  connection 
with  household  decoration  and  other  courses  having  to  do  with 


the  application  of  art,  such  as  designing  of  dresses,  millinery,  etc. 
For  details  of  the  courses  enumerated  above,  see  general  cir- 
cular of  the  California  School  of  Mechanical  Arts.  Any  one  or 
more  may  be  taken,  according  to  individual  needs.  Those  w^ho 
are  sufficiently  familiar  with  the  subject-matter  of  any  course 
will  be  permitted  to  undertake  practice  teaching.  Others  will 
enter  the  regular  classes  under  instruction.  The  principal  dis- 
tinction of  status  will  be  between  those  who  have  graduated 
from  a  high  school  and  those  who  have  not,  special  privileges 
being  extended  to  the  former  only.  As  a  rule,  those  lacking  high- 
school  diplomas  must  enroll  as  candidates  for  graduation  from 
the  California  School  of  Mechanical  Arts. 

Applicants  may  register  at  any  time.  Instruction  in  the  courses 
for  teachers  began  Wednesday,  August  9,  1911,  but  the  work 
being  conducted  on  the  individual  plan,  additional  students  will 
be  admitted  in  the  order  of  application.  The  total  number  ad- 
mitted during  the  current  year  will  be  limited  to  twenty-five. 

There  will  be  no  charge  for  tuition,  but  those  under  instruction, 
who  are  not  serving  as  practice  teachers,  will  be  charged  three 
dollars  each  quarter-year,  payable  in  advance,  for  materials. 

Diplomas  of  graduation  will  not  be  given,  but  formal  certi- 
ficates will  be  issued  at  the  close  of  each  school-year,  and  special 
statements  will  be  furnished  on  occasion. 


EVENING  COURSES  FOR  MEN. 

The  mechanical  departments  of  the  California  School  of 
Mechanical  Arts  include  a  pattern  shop,  a  foundry,  a  forge  shop 
and  a  machine  shop.  Those  of  the  Wilmerding  School  of  In- 
dustrial Arts,  which  will  also  be  available  if  needed,  are  a  car- 
penter shop,  a  cabinetmaking  department,  a  shop  for  plumbing 
and  sheet  metal  work,  an  electrical  workshop,  and  a  bricklaying 
department.  How  many  of  these  shops  will  be  used  for  the 
accommodation  of  evening  classes  will  depend  upon  the  number 
of  applicants  for  each.  No  department  will  be  conducted  for  less 
than  six  applicants,  and  not  more  than  four  departments  will  be 
maintained  during  the  year  of  1911-12. 

Instruction  will  begin  Monday  evening,  October  9,  1911,  at 
7:15  P.  M.  Applications  may  be  filed  at  any  time.  Application 
blanks  will  be  mailed  upon  request.    As  a  rule,  attendance  in  each 


shop  will  be  restricted  to  those  engaged  in  similar  employment 
during  the  daytime,  the  aim  being  to  widen  the  range  of  oppor- 
tunities for  mechanics  within  their  respective  callings,  and  to 
raise  standards  of  workmanship.  Preference  will  be  given  to 
young  journeymen  and  to  those  who  have  served  at  least  two 
years  of  an  apprenticeship. 

The  shops  will  be  conducted  three  evenings  a  week — Monday, 
Wednesday  and  Friday — from  7:15  to  9:15.  The  teachers  of 
mathematics,  science,  and  drawing  will  be  at  hand  five  evenings 
a  week — Monday  to  Friday  inclusive. 

Certificates  of  work  completed  will  be  issued  at  the  end  of  the 
school-year,  in  June. 

There  will  be  no  prescribed  courses  of  instruction,  the  plan 
being  rather  to  meet  the  individual  needs  of  those  in  attendance. 
Besides  an  instructor  in  each  shop,  there  will  be  at  hand  men  to 
teach  mechanical  drawing,  mathematics,  and  science,  as  supple- 
mentary branches.  Through  personal  consultation  with  the  shop 
foreman  and  with  the  supplementary  teachers,  each  man  will 
make  known  his  needs  and  express  his  wishes,  and  the  instructors 
will  plan  the  work  accordingly.  Students  may  feel  at  liberty  at 
all  times  to  take  to  the  instructors  problems  of  any  sort  that  may 
have  arisen  in  connection  with  their  daily  or  evening  shop  work. 

The  instruction  given  in  mechanical  drawing  is  intended  to 
teach  only  the  intelligent  reading  of  working  drawings  by 
mechanics.  No  instruction  will  be  given  for  the  purpose  of  train- 
ing mechanical  draftsmen,  but  men  who  are  already  engaged  in 
that  pursuit  will  be  allowed  to  enroll  for  instruction  in  mathe- 
matics and  science,  and  will  also  be  given  the  privilege  of  the 
shops  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  such  mechanical  instruction 
as  may  be  useful  for  reinforcing  their  knowledge  of  drawing  and 
making  it  more  practical. 

Men  who  are  employed  as  firemen  and  engineers  will  be  per- 
mitted to  enroll  for  such  instruction  as  they  may  need  for  obtain- 
ing licenses,  or  for  advancement  in  their  vocations. 

Communications  should  be  addressed  to  the  Principal  of  the 
California  School  of  Mechanical  Arts,  Sixteenth  and  Utah  Streets, 
San  Francisco. 


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